COLEBROOK, N.H. - A hearing to determine whether Celina Cass' stepfather is competent to stand trial for her murder was canceled Thursday.

Wendell Noyes, 52, was arrested in June, five years after 11-year-old Celina was found dead in the Connecticut River in West Stewartstown, New Hampshire.

We still don't know what cracked the case because the records remain sealed. But whether Noyes is competent to stand trial is in question. A competency hearing was scheduled for Thursday but it was called off. No word on whether it was rescheduled.

COLEBROOK, N.H. - A hearing to determine whether Celina Cass' stepfather is competent to stand trial for her murder was canceled Thursday.

Wendell Noyes, 52, was arrested in June, five years after 11-year-old Celina was found dead in the Connecticut River in West Stewartstown, New Hampshire.

We still don't know what cracked the case because the records remain sealed. But whether Noyes is competent to stand trial is in question. A competency hearing was scheduled for Thursday but it was called off. No word on whether it was rescheduled.

COLEBROOK, N.H. - A hearing to determine whether Celina Cass' stepfather is competent to stand trial for her murder was canceled Thursday.

Wendell Noyes, 52, was arrested in June, five years after 11-year-old Celina was found dead in the Connecticut River in West Stewartstown, New Hampshire.

We still don't know what cracked the case because the records remain sealed. But whether Noyes is competent to stand trial is in question. A competency hearing was scheduled for Thursday but it was called off. No word on whether it was rescheduled.

11-Year-Old’s Stepfather Not Competent for Trial on Charges He Killed Her and Dumped Body in RiverPosted on March 2, 2017 at 11:34am EDT

Charges against a New Hampshire man accused of killing his 11-year-old stepdaughter and dumping her body in the Connecticut River weighed down with a sandbag have been dismissed after a judge declared that he was mentally ill and not competent to be tried.

Wendell Noyes still could face charges in the death of Celina Cass. Prosecutors still say Noyes killed her because he allegedly believed he had gotten her pregnant and needed to “get rid of her,” according to a newly released arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.

But for now, both the prosecutor and Noyes’ defense attorney agree that a mental health hospital is the best place for Noyes to be.Noyes’ competency evaluation — which was accepted Monday by Lancaster District Court Judge Paul Desjardins — indicates he can’t assist in his own defense, leaving the state no choice for now but to dismiss the second-degree murder charge against him, Assistant State’s Attorney Jane Young tells PEOPLE.

“Should he become competent during his lifetime, the state will re-institute the charges against him,” Young says.